Re: Rockin' Burbank, June 1968 --> What Was On The Charts?

Re: Rockin' Burbank, June 1968 --> What Was On The Charts?

Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:08 am

drjohncarpenter wrote:Who doesn't like "Lady Willpower

"Lady Willpower, it's now or never ..."

Yeah who doesn't!Composed by the underrated Jerry Fuller, who also penned Young Girl and Over You for Gary Pucket & THE UNION GAP.He also composed Travelin' Man, Young World to name a few for Rick Nelson.

Thanks for the thread, Doc!

Re: Rockin' Burbank, June 1968 --> What Was On The Charts?

Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:16 am

Jove wrote:

drjohncarpenter wrote:Who doesn't like "Lady Willpower

"Lady Willpower, it's now or never ..."

Yeah who doesn't!Composed by the underrated Jerry Fuller, who also penned Young Girl and Over You for Gary Puckett & THE UNION GAP.He also composed Travelin' Man, Young World to name a few for Rick Nelson.

Thanks for the thread, Doc!

Right on, Jove!

Re: Rockin' Burbank, June 1968 --> What Was On The Charts?

Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:01 am

Jove, did Elvis ever cut any songs by Jerry Fuller?

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Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:29 am

Today's June 27!

Re: Rockin' Burbank, June 1968 --> What Was On The Charts?

Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:46 am

I uploaded a much larger screen shot to my original post. Print it out!

Re: Rockin' Burbank, June 1968 --> What Was On The Charts?

Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:58 am

Is this on topic ?

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Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:49 am

intheghetto wrote:Herb Alpert "This Guy's In Love With You" at number 1! Some other gems in there as well. Certainly does put it all in context. Thanks for posting. I wonder if Elvis listened to the radio much when he was living in L.A. back then. What were the hot stations there at that time? KRLA was probably one of them, no?

Yes, I'm a sucker for Burt Bacharach written songs. I also like #38 Four Jacks & A Jill "Master Jack." It's a really weird song. Supposedly, it's about an underground mine worker in Africa praising his foreman. I've also read that there supposedly are some veiled references to disdain for apartheid in South Africa.

"It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack"

Yes, that week of June 27, 1968, the world was strange. Elvis Presley was at the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100 charts, yet was arguably making the greatest music of his life.

Daryl

Re: Rockin' Burbank, June 1968 --> What Was On The Charts?

Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:08 pm

Very interesting thread.Thank you, Doc!

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Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:53 am

Interesting Thread indeed. Thanks. I always wondered what was on the charts when the KING was raising people from the dead.

Yes, I'm a sucker for Burt Bacharach written songs. I also like #38 Four Jacks & A Jill "Master Jack." It's a really weird song. Supposedly, it's about an underground mine worker in Africa praising his foreman. I've also read that there supposedly are some veiled references to disdain for apartheid in South Africa.

"It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack"

Yes, that week of June 27, 1968, the world was strange. Elvis Presley was at the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100 charts, yet was arguably making the greatest music of his life.

Daryl

You picked out the cream. That's not a bad list of recordings out of a top 100.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:04 am

OMG-'Honey'. I' m sorry but the singer and writer should have faced the firing squad. This song was radio death. It must have topped the NY charts for 6 weeks or more. I had yet to discover Elvis-that date was Aug 14th, 1968 ( talk about good timing). But that was the summer of Honey in NY. With the release of the TOP 20 each week,male teens in the metro area would pray to their God for the day it dropped off the playlist. But no, there it was again. 44 years later, i still cringe at the very thought of it. See the tree how big its grown...indeed, just kill me where i sit.

PS great idea for a thread Doc.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:34 am

fn2drive wrote:OMG-'Honey'. I' m sorry but the singer and writer should have faced the firing squad. This song was radio death. It must have topped the NY charts for 6 weeks or more. I had yet to discover Elvis-that date was Aug 14th, 1968 ( talk about good timing). But that was the summer of Honey in NY. With the release of the TOP 20 each week,male teens in the metro area would pray to their God for the day it dropped off the playlist. But no, there it was again. 44 years later, i still cringe at the very thought of it. See the tree how big its grown...indeed, just kill me where i sit.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that the only songs you hate more than Honey are Love Song of the Year and Mr. Songman.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:39 pm

Right on Doc! I enjoyed reading over that chart ."Yummy yummy yummy" at number 4 ! I remember it well along with "Simon Says" and "1,2,3 Redlight"